As a Pats fan fan living in the south I have to listen to local sports talk radio. And it started early this morning. "Pats are not the team they use to be, they are beatable and we can beat them, get your playoff tickets" Tony Boselli"

I hate to say it,but they are right.the pats this year are not the pats of years past.the next two games will be real hard for this years pats.if they play like they did against the bills on the offense side,and run defence.it will be two losse,s for them.the plus side is.if the pats win next week they can rest there starters in the final game.

As a Pats fan fan living in the south I have to listen to local sports talk radio. And it started early this morning. "Pats are not the team they use to be, they are beatable and we can beat them, get your playoff tickets" Tony Boselli"Posted by RSFAN2

The Pats are beatable unfortunately but Jacksonville is going to have to come up here in 20 degree weather to do that. Sounds like that loss to the Colts has made them pretty confident. They must think they can almost beat anybody now.

As a Pats fan fan living in the south I have to listen to local sports talk radio. And it started early this morning. "Pats are not the team they use to be, they are beatable and we can beat them, get your playoff tickets" Tony Boselli"Posted by RSFAN2

Really!? How could they think that!? A professional football team with playoff aspirations thinking they can win a football game. That is odd.

"Pats are not the team they use to be, they are beatable and we can beat them, get your playoff tickets"

Loser talk. Everyone is "beatable" if you have the talent and desire. Pats aren't what they used to be but Jaguars are the same as always...a "tough" team ( calling losing football players tough is like calling losing boxers courageous ) that "makes noise".

The problem is the Jags are the team they've always been. They would have to score first and run run run the ball to have a chance of beating the Pats. And Nelson needs to be replaced or Moss/Welker will have him for lunch.

In Response to Jags think they can win this one! : Really!? How could they think that!? A professional football team with playoff aspirations thinking they can win a football game. That is odd.Posted by EnochRoot

Thank you for the insights EN - hence the heavy sarcasm from me as well. This will be another tough game, and I like that. Battle tested heading into January is not a bad thing.

As a Pats fan fan living in the south I have to listen to local sports talk radio. And it started early this morning. "Pats are not the team they use to be, they are beatable and we can beat them, get your playoff tickets" Tony Boselli"Posted by RSFAN2

OK, "get your playoff tickets" struck me funny because they wouldn't get a playoff game at home and if they did you might be able to buy walk up tickets. (just joking) :-)

we just need to keep improving and with Taylor returning, it will be very difficult to stop the Patriots offense if they commit to running the ball the way they have lately. i am concerned with the injuries though. hopefully kaczur STAYS OUT.

So the Jags and or the fans shouldn't be confident? Why not. They are coming off almost knocking off Indy and are in the playoff hunt. There isn't one team in the NFL that I would be 100% confident we would beat. It's just not that type of year for the Pats.

The Jags will learn from what they did wrong against indy which was not playing them at the line and bumping or rerounting them. They will not make the same mistakes against the Pats, this will be a tough game for the Pats to win.

What team, and their fans, wouldn't feel confident they can win, regardless of the odds?

Case in point.. the Carolina Panthers.. they lost to the Pats 20-10 last week and then go and dominate the Vikings last night. You think Vikings fans saw that game and thought the Panthers would be toast against their dominating Vikings? I guess Jags fans feel the effort put up against the Colts is one that can be repeated against the Pats. Jags fans may also forget the Pats were quite short-handed yesterday. Next Sunday is a totally different day!

What they said is true. They are not the team that won the super bowls 5 going on 6 years ago. They are, and have been, beatable, and may have lost yesterday if they weren't playing a weak team with a young QB who outplayed Brady statistically yesterday. A winis a win, but if they do not get their players back in time, it will be a short year again.

The spread opened up at eight and I think that's high. If we can run the same D as yesterday with Wilfork and Warren healthy I like our chances but the Jags are for real. They're a better team than the Bills and we need way more out of the offense in the second half.

As for them thinking they can win, I still think the Pats can win the superbowl?

A huge game if there ever was one for the Patriots this season. Win against Jacksonville and give all the nicked-up starters a well deserved rest the following week. I don't like the idea of the Patriots playing for their season in Houston. Too much risk and the Patriots could use the rest.

Big game for the pats because of thec circumstances, not the team. Yea their a tough, gritty, blah, blah team. Sorry im not afraid of them. U shut down MJD, goodnite. Sorry dont mean to sound over confident, but their not gonna come in here n blow us out or blow out a candle. I luv it when teams come off a loss w/ a moral victory. Texans, thats a different story, last game of the year, home game, quick strike offense, and when healthy, I like their D.

SICO, I gotta disagree. They have a few extra days to rest and prepare and if they play anything like they did in Indy the Pats are going to have a problem. Shutting down Drew is a big deal but it isn't all these guys have. Don't get me wrong I think they come out with a win but it isn't going to be easy.

Jags hang around, as they often do, then Del Rio goes comatose, ahh...you know the outcome...Jags on the road...2-3 turnovers for Garrard, Bironas makes it a game...they lose, get kudos for effort and heart, then plan on a blacked-out 10,000 fan "Homecoming"